The Cambridge companion to American Islam / edited by Omid Safi, Juliane Hammer.

Other author Safi, Omid, 1970-
Other author Hammer, Juliane.
Other author Cambridge University Press.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoCambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press,
Descriptionxx, 371 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Subjects
Islam--United States.

Contents American Islam, Muslim Americans, and the American experiment / Juliane Hammer and Omid Safi -- The study of American Muslims: a history / Edward E. Curtis IV -- African Muslim slaves and Islam in antebellum America / Richard Brent Turner -- Laying the groundwork for American Muslim histories: 1865-1965 / Sally Howell -- American Muslims in the contemporary world: 1965 to the present / Zain Abdullah -- Converts and conversions / Michael Muhammad Knight -- Demographics, political participation, and representation / Amaney Jamal and Liali Albana -- American Muslims and the media / Nabil Echchaibi -- Muslims in the American legal system / Kathleen M. Moore -- Religious pluralism, secularism, and interfaith / Rosemary R. Hicks -- Organizing communities: institutions, networks, groups / Karen Leonard -- Negotiating boundaries: American sufis / Gisela Webb -- Religious normativity and praxis among American Muslims / Kambiz Ghaneabassiri -- Muslim spaces and mosque architecture / Akel Ismail Kahera -- Islamic education in the United States: debates, practices, and institutions / Zareena Grewal and R. David Coolidge -- Muslim public intellectuals and global muslim thought / Timur Yuskaev -- Cultural and literary production of Muslim America / Sylvia Chan-Malik -- Muslim youth cultures / Su'ad Abdul Khabeer and Maytha Alhassen -- Sexual identity, marriage, and family / Debra Majeed -- Studying American Muslim women: between feminism, activism, and secular society / Juliane Hammer.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2012046780
ISBN9781107002418 (hardback)
ISBN9780521175524 (pbk.)